Sanford police: Woman called 911 from back of patrol car

A 24-year-old Sanford woman called 911 for help three times in eight hours, twice convincing Sanford officers to provide her the equivalent of a taxi service and once while she was in the back seat of a patrol car, according to her arrest report.

The officer driving the car then stopped, got her out and arrested her, accusing her of abusing the 911 system, a misdemeanor.

Those three calls were among eight Danielle Edwards had recently made to Seminole County's 911 system, according to her arrest report.

She was arrested Tuesday but remained in the Seminole County Jail today on $500 bond.

According to her arrest report, she called 911 from Sanford about 6 p.m. Monday, asking police to pick her up, drive her home to get clothes then to a shelter for battered women. An officer did drive her to the shelter.

But about six hours later she called 911 from a Sanford nightclub, complaining that her boyfriend, whom she described as an abuser, was at her home.

That officer, Edward Schneider, asked why she'd left the shelter. She said she wanted to drink with friends and added that she needed medicine from her home, according to the report.

The officer began driving her to the shelter again. While en route, the report said, Edwards called 911, asking the dispatcher for her boyfriend's whereabouts, something a dispatcher is barred from providing.

When the call ended, the officer arrested Daniels for abusing the 911 system.